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Proposed role for GlfT2 in mycobacterial galactan biosynthesis. GlfT2 is hypothesized to mediate synthesis of the galactan polymer, which contains between 20 and 40 Galf residues (m = 10–20) connected by alternating β-Galf-(1→5)-Galf and β-Galf-(1→6)-Galf linkages. Elongation occurs by addition of Galf residues from UDP-Galf to the nonreducing end of a lipid-linked acceptor (compound 1). Synthetic acceptors 2-6 share features with the natural acceptor (compound 1). Rha, rhamnose.
